Coastal Regulation Zone Notification

PANJIM, A division bench of Bombay High Court at Goa comprising Justice S C Dharmadhikari and F M Reis stayed till further notice on Tuesday a Rs 25 lakh proposal of the Tourism Department to illuminate public beaches in North Goa.

The order was recorded in a PIL filed by the Goa Foundation in the wake of news reports that the Tourism Department had sanctioned the money to the Electricity Depar

A full list of violators and violations of the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) 1991 notifications will be put up on the Ministry of Environment and Forests Web site by December, said the Environment Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, on Friday.

Following a meeting with the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr Prithviraj Chavan, the Environment Minister said that the first notice has already been sent against

MUMBAI: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has lifted the ban on sand mining in the ecologically fragile Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts along the Konkan coast, for two years. But while making this announcement, environment minister Jairam Ramesh clarified that mining activities will be restricted to those areas that do not fall under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ).

Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said Harsiddhi Heights apartments in Worli was the first structure to be served a notice under Section (5) of the Environment Protection Act for violation of CRZ 1991 norms.

Announcing the new CRZ notifications in January 2011, Ramesh had said the MoEF would be issuing a directive to all state governments under Section (5) of the Environm

Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh will be in Mumbai on Friday to meet Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and the two are expected to discuss the proposal for a coastal road instead of the Worli-Haji Ali sea link. The state government has now proposed to build the second phase of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link as a coastal road instead of a sea link.